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ishihara test

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
ishi-hara test
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A test for red-green color blindness, using a number of colored plates (Ishihara plates), each of which contains a circle of dots of various colors and sizes. Depending on the person's vision, certain dots within the pattern will appear to form recognizable numbers or shapes.

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Etymology

Devised by Shinobu Ishihara, a professor at the University of Tokyo, who first published his tests in 1917.

Inflected Forms

Ishihara tests (plural)

Questions

What does ishihara test mean?
A test for red-green color blindness, using a number of colored plates (Ishihara plates), each of which contains a circle of dots of various colors and sizes. Depending on the person's vision, certain dots within the pattern will appear to form recognizable numbers or shapes.
Where does ishihara test come from?
Devised by Shinobu Ishihara, a professor at the University of Tokyo, who first published his tests in 1917.

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